Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike (born February 27, 1986) is an American former professional

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player in the

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(WNBA).

Personal

Anosike was born in

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, New York and grew up in

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where she attended St. Peter's High School for Girls. Anosike was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored one point. Her younger brother, O. D. Anosike, plays pro basketball for

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in Italy.

College

Anosike attended college at

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and graduated in 2008. She had a cumulative GPA of 3.78 in her triple major studies in sociology/criminal justice, political science and legal studies. She began playing during the 2008 season and last took the court during the 2012 campaign. While at Tennessee, Anosike won back to back National Champions in 2007 and 2008. Anosike earned academic All-Southeastern Conference honors in 2005, 2006 and 2007. She was also on the Lady Vol honor roll and Tennessee Dean's List every semester of her collegiate career. She was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV third team in 2006 and to the first team in 2007 after a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall semester of 2006. She was teammates with

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, and

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Tennessee statistics

Source

USA Basketball

Anosike was named to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2005 U19 World's Championship, held in

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, in July and August 2007. Anosike averaged 11.4 points per game helping her team to a 7–0 record and a gold medal. Anosike played for the USA team in the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the event.

WNBA career

Following her collegiate career she declared for the

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. Anosike was selected in the 2nd round with the 16th overall pick of the

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by the

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. She was selected right after her college teammate

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who was selected by the

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where her other teammate

will play. In Minnesota she started all the games for the Lynx while the first round pick,

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, came off the bench also winning the 6th Woman of the Year Award. Anosike was selected to the 2009 West All Star Team as a reserve, along with former teammate Charde Houston. Anosike was traded to the

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on April 9, 2011.On February 23, 2012, Anosike was traded to the

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Overseas

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External links

WNBA Player Profile
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